AR / ITEM / 00100050
Reliquary Figure (Nlo Bieri)
Fang peoples artist, artist · Fang artist, artist
A Fang reliquary guardian figure from Gabon, made to protect and embody a family’s ancestral continuity.
- Date
- 19th–20th century
- Collection
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Reference
- 312217
Plate not recorded
No photograph with documented reuse rights is held for this record.
Record
- Culture
- Fang peoples
- Medium
- Wood, brass, tacks
- Dimensions
- H. 13 3/8 x W. 4 1/4 x D. 3 3/8 in. (34 x 10.8 x 8.5 cm)
- Origin
- Gabon
In the Tapestry
- Culture of origin
- Fang peopleA
Provenance and history
19th–20th century
Created by Fang peoples artistA
Sources
- A
metmuseum.org
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collectionapi.metmuseum.org
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